Batu Badaong || Maluku Folklore

In a small village situated
in Tanibar Island, Maluku, there live a very rich man with his wife and a
daughter and a son that had become young girl and boy. Since kids, they had
been spoiled by their parents and it was no wonder that they were growing
having a lazy and boastful attitude.

"O..Stonem open your body and let me in" whisper the mother

One day, bad thing
happened in the family. The father, the one supporting the family passed away. Instead
of changing their attitudes after the death of their father, the kids still had
the same manner. They still treated their servants bad. And because of bad
treats they had from the kids, all the servants decided to stop working on the
family.

With all the servants
gone, now all the housework had to be done by the mother. The kids? They didn’t
bother to voluntarily help their mom, and even when asked, they will rudely
refuse it. The mother now had to clean the house, wash the clothes and dishes,
and prepare for the meal everyday by herself. All the work she had done never
seemed to get decent reward or positive feedback from her kids. It was not
money that she wanted, it was just a grateful attitude that she expected to
receive after all the hard work. But, her kids just never changed. They treated
their mother the same way they treated the servants. If there were something
done by her mother that did not go the way as they wanted, they would
undoubtedly yell at her. And this happened as often as it could.

As a human, the anger of
having such treatment arose in her heart but as a mother, she just could not
show it to her kids since she also realize that she had contributed in shaping how
her kids were now by spoiling them when they were kids. Every night, after all
the hard day she had been through, she would sit in the corner of her bed praying
to God for their kids. Among all tears she shed, she would whisper

Dear
God, have mercy on me

I have
failed raising my kids

I have
failing teaching them

I have
Failing to be a good parent

Dear God

With all
your blessing, please bless my kids

Knock their
heart, change their attitude

Change
the way they treat other people

Change
the way the treat me, their mother

Guide
them into a right way

One day, in the middle of
the day, the kids just woke up from their sleep. Feeling hungry, they walked straight
to kitchen to find something to eat. But how angry they were, as they open the
food container, they found nothing there. They were really upset that they
started to yell while throwing everything in the kitchen.

As they didn’t find their
mother in the house, they then went to the river because they knew if she wasn’t
in the house she would be in the river washing clothes. As they had guessed,
their mother was there in the river, washing clothes with other women from the
village.

The kids walked hurriedly
to their mother and “wesss”, the boy kicked the basket full of clothes to the
river. The mother looked shocked and terrified of what her son just did.

“What happened?” said the mother with a shaking voice

“What happened? Really? Did you realize that we are
hungry now?!” yell the son

“Why don’t you cook for us? Don’t you know your duty
every morning? Cook for us!” the girl also yelled and then started to hit her
mother. All woman in the river seeing what was happening in front of their eyes
looked terrified and upset.

“Please stop! I am really sorry. I was in hurry this
morning” said the mother and she started to cry.

“No excuse!” said the girl and she kept hitting her
mother. The mother’s cry went louder and louder as she also kept begging her
daughter to sop hitting her. Until suddenly she stopped crying.

“Stop it!” yelled the mother that made her daughter
and son shocked because they never heard their mother yelled before.

“Your father has gone
now. And yes! He has left you all with a lot of money and wealth. But remember!
All those wealth will not last longer. And it is true I am your mother but what
you are doing to me now is too much. I couldn’t bear it anymore! From now, don’t
call me your mother! Because I am not now! I will not go home and you can do everything
as you please!”

After said that, the
mother then pulled herself into a big stone near the river. She said something
to the stone in a small voice. Then magically, the stone cracked opened, and
there were small room inside it that fitted her body. The mother then sit on it
and the stone joined into one again.

All people in the river
were really angry of what just happened. They then took the kids to the village
hall to decide what the best thing they should do with the kids. After the
discussion, all people in the village agreed to kick the kids from their
village. And started from that day, they kids lived inside the forest. They
often visited the big stone near the river, calling their mom, regretting of
what they had done to her. But, the stone stayed still, their mom would never
be back and their regret meant nothing now. They couldn’t take back what they
did.

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